Australia has a compelling story to tell as an independent and incredibly successful country. Yet its current flag doesn’t reflect this. The two days sit in contrast to each other. One is uniquely ...

Nationals backbencher Pat Conaghan has proposed an amendment to the flags act to prohibit the burning or desecration of the ...

On this day, 124 years ago, the Australian flag was flown for the first time. It flew over the dome of the Exhibition Building in Melbourne — the seat of the fledgling Australian federal government — ...

Two MPs have introduced bills seeking to criminalise burning the National Flag after a protester set one alight at an ...

For generations of Australians, the flag has stood as a unifying emblem, raised in moments of triumph and lowered in moments of profound national grief. It is worn with pride on the shoulders of our ...

A miserable assortment of malcontents did their best to wreck it. This year I watched the “invasion day” drama unfold with friends holidaying from Europe who could not understand how the torching of ...